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G. A. HOLMES. FASTENING.

' N0. 574,904. Patented Jan. 12, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. HOLMES, OF- CAMBRIDGE, MASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GONSOLIDATED FASTENER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,904, dated January 12, I897.

Application filed May 13,1895. Serial No. 549,087. N model-l To all whom it may concern.- having a central perforation whose edge is Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HOLMES, a formed by the upwardly-projecting lip F and citizen of the United States, residing at Oamthe down wardly-proj ectin g annular groove or bridge, in the county of Middlesex and. Comcorrugation E.

monwealth of Massachusetts, haveinventeda The inner edge of the lip F is turned in new and useful Improvement in Fastenings, slightly, in order to engage with the neck of of which the following is a full specification. the stud, and the socket is made resilient by My invention relates to fastenings for shoes providing it with radial cuts f, extending outand other articles; and it consists of a device wardly through the lip F and annular groove I0 wherein one flap of the shoe or other article E.. In the drawings I have shown only two has attached to it a fixed adjusting socketradial cuts, diametrically opposite, andIhave plate, while the other flap carries a' stud placed these in line with the direction of the adapted to engage with the said socket-plate. pull 011 the fastener, as I have found by this In fastenings for shoes and like articles it means that greater life and endurance is given I5 is necessary to provide for a certain amount the fastening.

of take-up, so that the fastening can be pulled The flap B is made preferably narrow and tightly over the ankle or instep. It is also has attached to its under side a stud G, which desirable to be able to secure the fastening has an enlarged head and contracted neck, at different points, in order to vary the dewith which the lip F of the socket D may en- 20 gree of tightness and adapt it for different gage when the twoaresnapped together. The sizes of instep. These points I have provided stud G, I also preferably make slightly resilifor in my fastening by making a socket-plate cut by splitting the ball and neck, as shown with a series of holes, with either of which in Fig. 1, and I have shown the stud attached the stud may be made to engage. The stud to the flap by being riveted thereto by the 2 5 is also set back a slight distance from the end eyelet H, whose head forms a cap on the top of the flap to which it is attached, thus leavof the flap; but any form of stud could be ing a tab beyond the stud, which may be used and attached to the under side of the grasped with the fingers in order to pull the flap in any suitable way. stud over to the hole in the socket-plate with I preferably attach the stud to the flap at 3 which it is meant to engage. a considerable distance from its end, so as to Referring to the accompanying drawings, leave the flap or tab b, which serves not only Figure 1 shows in plan a portion of a shoe or as a grip to pull the stud over to the desired other article having two flaps embodying my socket, but it also lies over and covers the invention, the flap carrying the stud being socket-plate when the fastening is closed to- 35 shown turned back in order to show the stud gether, and thus gives an extremely neat ap- 8 5 on its under side. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal pearance to the shoe or similar article upon cross-section of my improved fastener. which the fastening is used.

In the drawings the two flaps of the shoe I am well aware that a draw-plate provided or other article are shown at A and B, rewith'a series of holes is old. I make no use 4 spectively. The flap A is preferably made of What has been known in buckle-fasteners o broad and has fixedly riveted, sewed, or otheras a draw-plate, which is a plate flexibly wise attachedthereto the socket-plate O,which attached at one end and adapted to perform is provided with a number of sockets D, arthe functions of a draw-plate. I have i11- ranged longitudinally. vented an adjusting socket-plate preferably 45 The plate 0 is preferably made from one fixed at both ends. I obtain all the advan- 5 piece of metal, and is rounded longitudinally tages of a draw-plate by my combination of in order to conform to the shape of the ankle a stud with the flap B. or instep and lie smoothly thereon. I claim- The sockets D are struck up from the plate An improvement in fastenings for shoes and 5 G into the shape shown in the section, Fig. 2, other articles consisting of two flaps, A and mo 13, wherein flap A is provided with a fixed, In witness \vl'iei'eof I have hereunto set my stationary, adjusting-plate C secured to its hand. upper side, and having the depressed socketcorrugations E, with the reversed lips F, and

5 wherein the flap B is provided'with an ad- \Vitnesses:

justing-stnd G placed on its under side near 7M. 13. II. DOWSE,

GEORGE A. HOLMES.

I its end, substantially as described. A. H. FLANNERY. 

